Second government of Adolfo Suárez

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The Constituent Legislature of Spain was the first Council of Ministers after the rule of Caudillo Francisco Franco. It followed the general election of 1977. It lasted from 13 July 1977 to 22 March 1979. It was a minority centrist government.^[1]

Cabinet members

President of the Government
- Adolfo Suárez
First Vice President of the Government and Minister of Defence
- Manuel Gutiérrez
Second Vice President and Minister of Economy
- Enrique Fuentes Quintana
Third Vice President
- Fernando Abril Martorell
Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Marcelino Oreja
Minister of Justice
- Landelino Lavilla Alsina
Minister of Finance
- Francisco Fernández Ordóñez
Minister of the Interior
- Rodolfo Martín
Minister of Public Works and Urbanism
- Joaquín Garrigues Walker
Minister of Education and Science
- Íñigo Cavero Lataillade
Minister of Labor
- Manuel Jiménez de Parga Cabrera (until 28 February 1978)
- Rafael Calvo Ortega (from 28 February 1978)
Ministry of Industry and Energy
- Alberto Oliart Saussol (until 28 February 1978)
- Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún (from 28 February 1978)
Minister of Agriculture
- José Enrique Martínez Genique (until 28 February 1978)
- Jaime Lamo de Espinosa (from 28 February 1978)
Minister of Trade and Tourism
- Juan Antonio García Díez
Minister of Presidency
- José Manuel Otero Novas
Minister of Transport and Communication
- José Lladó Fernández-Urrutia (until 28 February 1978)
- Salvador Sánchez-Terán Hernández (from 28 February 1978)
Minister of Health and Social Security
- Enrique Sánchez de León Pérez
Ministry of Culture and Welfare^[2]
- Pío Cabanillas Gallas
Deputy Minister for the Regions
- Manuel Clavero Arévalo
Deputy Minister for the Relationship with the Courts^[3]
- Ignacio Camuñas Solís (until 28 February 1978)
Minister for the Relationships with the European Communities
- Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (from 28 February 1978)

Notes

^ Harrison, Joseph (October 2006). "Economic crisis and democratic consolidation in Spain, 1973-82" (PDF). Working Papers in Economic History. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
^ On 27 August, the Ministry of Culture and Welfare became the Ministry of Culture. The competences of Welfare went to the Ministry of Health and Social Security.
^ This Ministry disappeared on 28 February. Its competences went to the Ministry of Presidency.

Governments of Spain

Cabinets

Second Republic (1931–1939)	Provisional I Provisional II Azaña II Azaña III Lerroux I Martínez Barrio I Lerroux II Lerroux III Samper Lerroux IV Lerroux V Lerroux VI Chapaprieta I Chapaprieta II Portela I Portela II Azaña IV Casares Quiroga Martínez Barrio II Giral Caballero I Caballero II Negrín I Negrín II
Francoist Spain (1938–1975)	Franco I Franco II Franco III Franco IV Franco V Franco VI Franco VII Franco VIII Carrero Blanco Arias Navarro I
Kingdom of Spain (1975–present)	Arias Navarro II Suárez I Suárez II Suárez III Calvo-Sotelo González I González II González III González IV Aznar I Aznar II Zapatero I Zapatero II Rajoy I Rajoy II Sánchez I Sánchez II Sánchez III

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